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Senators Push Park Doctrine Prosecution For Spiked Supplement ‘Criminal Endeavors’

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Key industry allies say they are “deeply concerned” about “blatant criminal activity” in products marketed as supplements but containing anabolic steroids or other drugs. “Bring a few of these actions and you scare people into the idea that … you could actually go to jail,” says attorney Frederick Stearns.

The dietary supplement industry’s Senate champions urge Park Doctrine prosecutions against marketers of spiked products, saying convictions leading to jail time would “incapacitate current criminal endeavors and deter new criminality.”

Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Martin Heinrich, D-NM, on May 19 sent a letter congratulating Attorney General Loretta...

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